{"id":4735,"date":"2012-03-13T14:45:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T20:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2012-03-13T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T20:45:39","slug":"bathing-willet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/bathing-willet\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathing Willet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last summer at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge I slowly approached this bathing Willet in my pickup, fully expecting the bird to either fly off or wander further away in the shallow water of Lower Red Rock Lake.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0It eyed me warily until I had turned off the engine…<\/p>\n

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\u00a0but it was so intent on its bath that it quickly went back to minding its hygiene.<\/p>\n

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For this shot the Willet turned its back on me a little\u00a0but I liked the shot because it shows the furious action at the rear of the bird.<\/p>\n

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With water and feathers\u00a0flying everywhere…<\/p>\n

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it finally gave me a bit of a head turn again as it spread and raised its tail feathers for a good cleaning.<\/p>\n

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Then it hopped up on the shore for a\u00a0vigorous shake.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0By this time it had approached me so closely that I had to take off my teleconverter but even so I was tight enough on the bird\u00a0that I wasn’t able to get the composition I would have preferred for these last three shots.<\/p>\n

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Once all the loose water was shaken out of the feathers it was time for a wing stretch…<\/p>\n

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and a few hops in place for good measure.\u00a0 Then it settled its feathers, looked at me one last time and leisurely flew off.<\/p>\n

I had forgotten about this bathing sequence until earlier this week when I began anticipating the imminent return of Willets to Antelope Island.\u00a0 Can hardly wait…<\/p>\n

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Last summer at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge I slowly approached this bathing Willet in my pickup, fully expecting the bird to either fly off or wander further away in the shallow water of Lower Red Rock Lake.   \u00a01\/2000, f\/8, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc \u00a0It eyed me warily until I had turned off the engine…       \u00a01\/2000, f\/8, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc \u00a0but it was so intent on its bath that it quickly went back to minding its hygiene.       \u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc For this shot the Willet turned its back on me a little\u00a0but I liked the shot because it shows the furious action at the rear of the bird.       \u00a0\u00a01\/2500, f\/7.1, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc With water and feathers\u00a0flying everywhere…       \u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 400, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc   it finally gave me a bit of a head turn again as it spread and raised its tail feathers for a good cleaning.       \u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 400, 500 f\/4 Then it hopped up on the shore for a\u00a0vigorous shake.       \u00a0\u00a01\/4000, f\/7.1, ISO 400, 500 f\/4 \u00a0By this time it had approached me so closely that I had to take off my teleconverter but even so I was tight enough on the bird\u00a0that I wasn’t able to get the composition I would have preferred for these last three shots.       \u00a0\u00a01\/3200, f\/7.1, ISO 400,…<\/p>\n

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